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I used to get the train from Liverpool Street in the summer around the early 70s. My abiding memory is of Max Bygraves songs being played over the PA for all the cockney sparrows on their way to Sarfend.

My goodness: you are th Memory Man of NSC! One of my mates could remember and recite at will (and frequently did) the first Albion line up he saw in 1953 and likewise the first Sussex CCC team. You were indeed loaded - I got 12s 6d per week for my paper round. No wonder I went on to become an...

Agreed. But still a huge logistical task?

Not trying (too much) to make a political point, but I suspect that when half of Europe simply abandoned their domestic currencies for the euro, it went rather more smoothly than when we simply changed our own currency. Just imagine the confusion had we gone from a decimal system to the...

Bloody hell: I hope you didn't come up with this from memory! I wouldn't pay those prices even today.

Apologies for the disappointmen!. But how much was it to get into the Goldstone in old money? (Nice football related one for yo to chew on. Any ticket stubs in the loft?)

You could well have made 'a few bob' for yourself had you been so minded.

A real challenge for home schooling would be to explain to your kids (or grandkids more like!) how the old 'Imperial' system worked. And good luck with that for anyone who tries. I do rather regret the passing of thrupenny joey.

Classic! I'm guessing that would have cost 7s 6d. Sorry, 37.5 new pence!

The UK went decimal. (Apologies to younger readers.) Any memories? Does anyone still use pre-decimal terms - e.g. 'a few bob'? I worked at an old style Sainsbury's (on the cheese counter as it happens). We had loads of training. My abiding memory is of the older customers (this was in Goring)...